an inspiration to everyone who can not accept change.
Summary:The Catcher in the Rye is an old man's story about his youth. Holden is the old man who recalls the time he was kicked out of one of the many schools he attended, Pencey Prep. Holden is told that he has failed every class but english and must leave Pencey. Not wanting to wait till Christmas break to return home Holden leaves early and checks into a hotel in New York City. While there Holden visits a past professor, "friends" from other prep schools he went to, and sees his sister Phoebe. He spends the entire time in New York City dwelling on his past and not focusing on his present situations. The book ends with Holden as an old man again, saying, " 'It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.' " (Salinger 214).
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The Catcher in the Rye can be summed up in one word, outstanding. This book relates to anyone trying to find his or her place in life. The book is written so that you only see the story through the eyes of the main character, Holden. By writing the book in this style the author, J.D. Salinger, can portray what goes through the mind of a young Prep. School failure. Holden continuously goes off on random tangents about his past or how he hates "fake" people. During The Catcher in the Rye you never know when Holden will decide to reminisce about his past. When he does it can go on for many pages. These rants are entertaining and let you understand what kind of person he is and how he deals with life. One quote in The Catcher in the Rye that really shows how much Holden dwells on the past is, " So what I did, I wrote about my brother Allie's baseball mitt. It was a very descriptive subject. It really was. My brother Allie had this left-handed fielders mitt. He was left-handed. The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems written all over the fingers and the pockets and everywhere. In green Ink. He wrote them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up to bat. He's dead now" (Salinger 38). Holden was supposed to describe a room or a house but instead resorts to describing a past memory. Which proves that he is incapable of living in the present. Holden also hates all "fake" people. Throughout the book Holden meets up with random people he knows from other Prep. schools. When he is hanging out with them all he can think about is how fake they are. Both of these characteristics of Holden create an interesting and fun to read book.
work cited
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company,1991.
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The Catcher in the Rye is...
an inspiration to everyone who can not accept change.Summary: The Catcher in the Rye is an old man's story about his youth. Holden is the old man who recalls the time he was kicked out of one of the many schools he attended, Pencey Prep. Holden is told that he has failed every class but english and must leave Pencey. Not wanting to wait till Christmas break to return home Holden leaves early and checks into a hotel in New York City. While there Holden visits a past professor, "friends" from other prep schools he went to, and sees his sister Phoebe. He spends the entire time in New York City dwelling on his past and not focusing on his present situations. The book ends with Holden as an old man again, saying, " 'It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.' " (Salinger 214).
The Catcher in the Rye can be summed up in one word, outstanding. This book relates to anyone trying to find his or her place in life. The book is written so that you only see the story through the eyes of the main character, Holden. By writing the book in this style the author, J.D. Salinger, can portray what goes through the mind of a young Prep. School failure. Holden continuously goes off on random tangents about his past or how he hates "fake" people. During The Catcher in the Rye you never know when Holden will decide to reminisce about his past. When he does it can go on for many pages. These rants are entertaining and let you understand what kind of person he is and how he deals with life. One quote in The Catcher in the Rye that really shows how much Holden dwells on the past is, " So what I did, I wrote about my brother Allie's baseball mitt. It was a very descriptive subject. It really was. My brother Allie had this left-handed fielders mitt. He was left-handed. The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems written all over the fingers and the pockets and everywhere. In green Ink. He wrote them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up to bat. He's dead now" (Salinger 38). Holden was supposed to describe a room or a house but instead resorts to describing a past memory. Which proves that he is incapable of living in the present. Holden also hates all "fake" people. Throughout the book Holden meets up with random people he knows from other Prep. schools. When he is hanging out with them all he can think about is how fake they are. Both of these characteristics of Holden create an interesting and fun to read book.
work cited
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company,1991.
Both pictures have a direct link to their source.